Minced Chicken with Lettuce Soup (Gai Yung Sang Choy Tong) Recipe

Slice lettuce into strips 1/8-inch x 1-inch. Mince chicken very finely, first with the sharp end of the knife, then with the back of the knife so that it becomes very finely minced. Put into 1/2 cup water and stir well with fork. Remove the tendons. Drain. Bring water to a boil and add sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate and lettuce. When the water beings to boil again, remove from stove and add chicken and egg white. Stir. Garnish with Smithfield ham.